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Issue Twenty-Five

June 2009

From the Editor

Out of about 1100 submissions and solicitations, these eighteen stories found each other. I imagine them hanging out at the start of this summer, ‘Slanguistic Lipstick’ full of “summer laughter” and that trademark “cherry moon on her crystal flute.” A garden party in Mexico City. Maybe that’s where they all spend this season. ‘Me and… Continue reading Issue Twenty-Five

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Smokelong Quarterly Issue Twenty-Five
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